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e1000e: Expose MDI-X status via ethtool change

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Ethtool is a standard way of getting information about
ethernet interfaces.  We enhance ethtool kernel interface
& e1000e to make the MDI-X status readable via ethtool in
userspace.

Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Lala <clala@riverbed.com>
Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones <ajones@riverbed.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Chaitanya Lala
2009-06-08 14:28:54 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent edfea6e641
commit 18760f1e74
2 changed files with 16 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
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@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ static int e1000_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
ecmd->autoneg = ((hw->phy.media_type == e1000_media_type_fiber) ||
hw->mac.autoneg) ? AUTONEG_ENABLE : AUTONEG_DISABLE;
/* MDI-X => 2; MDI =>1; Invalid =>0 */
if ((hw->phy.media_type == e1000_media_type_copper) &&
!hw->mac.get_link_status)
ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = hw->phy.is_mdix ? ETH_TP_MDI_X :
ETH_TP_MDI;
else
ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = ETH_TP_MDI_INVALID;
return 0;
}